GitHub outage: Website, API, Actions and Copilot affected as users report widespread issues

On August 17, 2026, GitHub suffered an extensive outage that disrupted key services. Users encountered significant ...
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GitHub is down in latest outage: API, Actions, Copilot and more affected

GitHub is facing a major outage affecting APIs, Actions, Copilot, downloads and authentication, with error rates reaching 50% ...

GitHub Is Down, but There's a Fix

GitHub appears to be down for users across the internet. Downdetector shows thousands of user reports as of Monday morning.

Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide

GitHub is down for some users as a widespread outage is causing errors across the website, API, Actions, Pull Requests, and ...

GitHub is down again, and this time it's hitting almost everything

UTC on Monday, saying it was investigating reports of performance problems across several GitHub services. Within minutes, ...

Microsoft confirms GitHub outage: Here’s what all is affected

GitHub is facing a widespread outage affecting core developer services, authentication, downloads and Copilot, while Amazon ...

GitHub Down: Microsoft-Owned Platform Hit By Big Outage Worldwide, Services Now Recovering

GitHub is addressing a significant outage that impacted its website and various services like API, Actions, and Pull Requests ...
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GitHub had a major outage, but now says its services are ‘fully operational’

The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ that GitHub rolled back. The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ ...

GitHub restores services after nearly 8-hour outage disrupts Actions, APIs, PRs and Copilot

Authentication issues lingered as GitHub worked through a sprawling disruption that affected key developer services and enterprise workflows across its platform.